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Plot Summary:
When Jason Dyson refuses to make his prized fighter throw an MMA match, a notorious gangster collects his debt by killing the fighter and kidnapping Jason's daughter. Now he must train a prisoner to endure five consecutive underground fights to save her.
IMDB Rating: 4.2
IMDB Votes: 125
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
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The Mad Killer (1971)
Plot Summary:
The Mad Killer is a Hong Kong Martial Arts movie starring Stanley Fung.
IMDB Rating: 7.0
IMDB Votes: 14
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 98 min
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Blonde Squad (2014)
Plot Summary:
They're beautiful, they're brilliant, and they can kick your butt. Jill Masters is the toughest one that will take no prisoners. Brandi Nash is the hot, sexy, and the lethal one that uses her beauty to get what she wants. Sabrina Steele is the smartest brilliant leader of Blonde Squad. Last but not least is Jane Bond, the classy bad to the bone rookie who is hard-as-nails. They work for a man named Colonel Thorpe the head of D.I.C.E. from Langley Washington DC. The Blonde Squad are sent into action when the devious mastermind Contessa Dell"Oro, the evil leader of the Frogmen plot to destroy the world in 48 hours with her new X-bomb Nuclear Missile if the world leaders do not reach her demands on time. She will wipe out each country with everything in it every hour.
IMDB Rating: 7.2
IMDB Votes: 89
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: erotic, psychotronic
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Dreaming Fist with Slender Hands (1979)
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Thrown out by their masters for disobedience, the two rascals Sun and Ho yearn to be Kung Fu giants. Through a series of incredible adventures, they toughen up and develop into powerhouse Kung Fu Kids, both feared and revered. Watch their fists fly in some of greatest action packed martial arts fighting you'll ever see.
IMDB Rating: 5.2
IMDB Votes: 29
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 85 min
Plot tags: slapstick comedy, slapstick
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Young Dragons: Kung Fu Kids II (1986)
Plot Summary:
Get set for more kung foolery with everybody's favorite warrior waifs! After being trained as unbeatable kung fu fighters by their cantankerous grandpa, the three kung fu kids move to the big city and become adored media stars. Then they discover the nice old lady who took them in is actually their gradma herself a magical kung fu master! So, when grandpa shows up to claim the kids, granny challenges the old man to a hilarious, no holds barred battle to decide once and for all who's champ. Join the high kickin, special effects filled fun and adventure with the Young Dragons in Young Dragons The Kung Fu Kids II.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 191
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 91 min
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Belles of Taekwondo (1975)
Plot Summary:
Carter Wong plays a young chinese martial arts student who travels to Korea to learn Taekwondo. Soon he comes up against a vicious gang who want all the local martial arts schools to join their evil association. But before he can defeat the bad guys, he has to learn to master his own strong desire to fight.
IMDB Rating: 5.5
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Action, Drama
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 107 min
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Blackbelt II (1989)
Plot Summary:
Brad Spyder flies to Hawaii to uncover a web of bribery, betrayal and lies and when Spyder finds his partner dead, a cat and mouse game between killer and cop begins.
IMDB Rating: 3.3
IMDB Votes: 121
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Philippines
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film
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The Dragon Missile (1976)
Plot Summary:
Lo Lieh stars as Sima Jun, a killer working for a corrupt lord whose orders are followed without question or hesitation. When the lord (Ku Feng) suffers from a life-threatening boil on his back, he is told by the Imperial doctor that an herb called "Longevity Rattan" offers the only cure and is grown in a remote village by an herbalist named Tan. Lo is sent on a mission to get the herb and bring it back before it's too late (seven days). A jealous aide saddles Lo with six other fighters to accompany him, i.e. steal the herb when they get the chance and race back to the capital so the aide will get the credit. Lo doesn't trust the six and none of them trust each other. At one point, one of the six nearly botches the whole mission.
IMDB Rating: 6.4
IMDB Votes: 245
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 82 min
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The True Game of Death (1979)
Plot Summary:
The film begins with footage of Bruce Lee's funeral. The narrator then says that there is a new actor "who looks quite like him" that will become Lee's successor. His name is Hsao Lung. Later Hsao Lung is filming a movie. On the set, he is approached by a group of gangsters, led by a man named George, who want to control Hsao Lung. Hsao Lung declines, so they go after his girlfriend Alice, forcing her poison Hsao. During sex, the poison takes action and Hsao supposedly dies. Hsao fakes his death and pretends to be a chef so that he can watch over Alice. Alice is kidnapped by the gangsters, so Hsao starts looking for her and goes to a shipyard. There he fights off 4 motorcycle-riding gangsters that are wearing multi-colored tracksuits, one of them being the iconic green and black one from Game of Death. He defeats them and goes to the tower of death.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 128
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 81 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Master Kim vs Master Kim vs Master Kim (2007)
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The plot is instantly familiar in the great martial arts tradition, being set in a small town which is home to two rival masters, one who practices Taekkyun (Shin Hyun Jun, also in the likes of “Shadowless Sword” and the “Marrying the Mafia” films) and the other Kendo (Choi Sung Kook, also in “Crazy Assassins”), both of who just happen to be called Kim. As well as competing for students, the two are locked in deadly combat for the hand of the local beauty, who seems to be pretty much the only woman in town. Into their conflict comes yet another master Kim, this time a kung fu expert (Kwon Oh Joong, “Damo”) who puts them both to shame with his dizzying skills and suave charm. Eventually, real danger arrives in the form of some unscrupulous land developers, forcing the three to join forces for the greater good.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 331
Genere: Action, Comedy
Country: South Korea
Duration: 97 min
Plot tags:
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Shinobi: The Law of Shinobi (2004)
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In the world of the Ninja, fighting skills play a small role in one's rank in the Shinobi order. Kageru is the best in his class, but his birth predestines him to the lower class. His friend Aoi is dealt the same fate; together they'll have to question themselves.
IMDB Rating: 6.1
IMDB Votes: 40
Genere: Action
Country: Japan
Duration: 80 min
Plot tags: historical drama
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The Big Fight (1972)
Plot Summary:
This film is set during the Japanese occupation of China circa WWII. In it, the Japanese occupiers (and the Chinese Quislings who work for them) are portrayed as total monsters who kill children and rape all women. The heroes are resistance fighters who oppose the occupation.
IMDB Rating: 5.3
IMDB Votes: 97
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan, Hong Kong
Duration: 94 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Angel of Fury (1990)
Plot Summary:
A security specialist (Nancy Bolan) is hired to deliver a valuable computer. She is joined by her former lover who has plans of his own for the computer.
IMDB Rating: 4.3
IMDB Votes: 378
Genere: Action
Country: Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines
Duration: 92 min
Plot tags: funny
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Terminator Woman (1993)
Plot Summary:
Two LA cops, Julie and Jay, must return Marsalas to Africa to stand trial as the chief state witness against international villain Alex Gatelee. Gatelee, into everything from gold smuggling to female slave trade, hijacks the party. In a vicious shoot out Julie and Jay overcome Gatelee's men. Gatelee then has Julie kidnapped from one of his nightclubs. He tries to use Julie as bait to get Jay to hand over Marsalas in exchange for Julie.
IMDB Rating: 4.0
IMDB Votes: 283
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 105 min
Plot tags: suspense, independent film
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Subterranean (2017)
Plot Summary:
In a world where the past does not exist in a city that oppresses its subject who completely block out the past...the only hope is to unleash the Ancient book! The ruler of the city Heras controls the mind of the people and make sure that nothing in the past brought up. Though there are people who still think of the past and wish for the past to be the future instead. One day, Ardanah one of trusted Subterranean official caught herself into 2 world; to serve Heras or to unleash the Ancient book!.
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Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags:
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My Samurai (1992)
Plot Summary:
A boy, Peter McCrea, witnesses a gangland murder. He turns to his martial arts teacher, Young Park, to help defend him from the gangsters. On the run from both the gang and the police, Peter learns self-defense and the courage to face his fears.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 140
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 87 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Sakura Killers (1987)
Plot Summary:
Chuck Connors stars in this routine martial arts feature as the Colonel. He sends agents Sonny (Mike Kelly) and Dennis (George Nichols) to Taiwan in search of microfilm containing experiments on genetic engineering. The agents soon find themselves up against Japanese killers known as the Sakura who plan to sell United States secrets to the Soviet Union. Sonny and Dennis train with a martial arts master in order to fight the enemy and obtain the coveted microfilm.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 412
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Taiwan
Duration: 83 min
Plot tags: independent film, rough, bleak, serious, suspenseful
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Ninja Death (1987)
Plot Summary:
Tiger is the owner of a brothel who moonlights as a kung fu artist under the watchful eye of "Master." They run into serious trouble when ninjas inexplicably show up and jeopardize Tiger's prostitution ring.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 205
Genere: Action
Country: Taiwan
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: cult film
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Beyond Fear (1993)
Plot Summary:
Martial Arts Champion Mimi Lesseos is back - and the wilderness just got wilder! Tipper Taylor, martial arts expert turned wilderness tour guide, is stalked deep in the wilderness by two desperate men who will stop at nothing to retrieve a videotape innocently shot by one of Tipper's group - a tape which shows the men committing a heinous murder! As each attempt to recover the tape is foiled by the intrepid Tipper, the murderers' desperation mounts, leading to a final, terrifying and action-packed confrontation which takes them all Beyond Fear.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 83
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 84 min
Plot tags: independent film
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Bloodfist III: Forced to Fight (1991)
Plot Summary:
Don Wilson returns to the screen as a man unjustly accused of a brutal crime. Within the prison he must fight for survival, freedom and justice.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 644
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 88 min
Plot tags: independent film, cult film
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The Man with the Iron Fists 2 (2015)
Plot Summary:
When a stranger, Thaddeus, is found badly wounded near the village, miner Li Kung and his wife Ah Ni offer him refuge. As he heals, he becomes entrenched in a conflict that pits the townsfolk against the evil Master Ho, his nefarious Beetle Clan and the terrifying Lord Pi.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 5000
Genere: Action
Country: USA, Hong Kong, Thailand
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: exciting, stylized, semi serious, epic
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Beach of the War Gods (1973)
Plot Summary:
A sort of re-telling of Kurosawa’s “Seven Samurai”. This time the protagonists are a group of Chinese villagers who must band together to recruit outside help to defend themselves against marauding Japanese pirates demanding protection money. Set in year 1556, it’s supposedly based on true events occurring during the twilight of the Ming Dynasty.
IMDB Rating: 6.6
IMDB Votes: 286
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong, Taiwan
Duration: 100 min
Plot tags:
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Street Soldiers (1991)
Plot Summary:
Warring teenage street gangs provide the fodder for this martial arts actioner. Things really heat up when each gang finds a martial arts experts to train them out to fight.
IMDB Rating: 4.6
IMDB Votes: 151
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 93 min
Plot tags: splatter, independent film
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The Silent Force (2001)
Plot Summary:
An elite Federal force whose objective is to eliminate organized crime is violently assassinated by an evil Asian crime lord. The sole survivor of the group teams up with his late partner's widow to strike back at the crime lord and his son.
IMDB Rating: 4.1
IMDB Votes: 162
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, tense, suspense, independent film
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To Be the Best (1993)
Plot Summary:
Eric Kulhane, a member of the U.S. Kickboxing Team, lets his quick temper and obsessive love for beautiful Cheryl make him the perfect target for blackmail. In order to stop ruthless gambler from rigging the World Championship and killing Cheryl, Eric and his father, his American teammates and their most feared Chinese opponents join for an explosive climax which rocks the Las Vegas Strip.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 338
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 99 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful, stylized, fast
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Shootfighter II (1996)
Plot Summary:
In this martial-arts actioner, Miami mobsters find themselves in mortal danger after an angry police chief hires the world's most vicious fighters and uses them to launch a city-wide vendetta.
IMDB Rating: 4.8
IMDB Votes: 775
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 91 min
Plot tags: independent film, exciting, rough, serious, realistic, suspenseful
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Legend of Lv Bu (2020)
Plot Summary:
In times of war, the traitor Dou Zhun was in power and used poisonous poison to domesticate the medicine people. Yao Ren 19 escaped after a trial of the body and escaped by chance. By chance, she was rescued by the girl Cicada Clothing and named "Yizhibu". The two became more and more sorrowful. On the other side, Dou Jun sent someone to chase 19, the villagers were innocently killed, cicadas fell off the cliff, a piece of cloth was caught and the memory was tampered with ... Three years later, it was a great disaster Cicada recommended to assassinate Dou Jun, reunite with a piece of cloth that lost memory and became Dou Junyi. Full of hatred turned into grief, one side is home country, the other side is love, where should they go in the chaotic world.
IMDB Rating: 4.4
IMDB Votes: 44
Genere: Action, Fantasy, Romance
Country: China
Duration: 101 min
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Shaolin Temple (1976)
Plot Summary:
There is no place more hallowed in the martial art world than China's Shaolin Temple. This special place deserves a special epic, which is what the martial arts maestro delivers in this battle between a brave brand of Chinese boxers and literally thousands of Ching troops - complete with betrayals, intrigues, and such novel fighting machines as 108 wooden robots. The conflicts grow in complexity, intensity and even suspense as monks struggle to stay alive in the face of overwhelming odds.
IMDB Rating: 6.8
IMDB Votes: 1000
Genere: Action
Country: Hong Kong
Duration: 126 min
Plot tags: serious, realistic, exciting, cult film
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When the Cobra Strikes (2012)
Plot Summary:
One man travels across country, smuggling illegal black diamonds to sell in order to pay for his father's pardon in South Africa. When he arrives to the United States to finalize what appeared to be a simple transaction he is soon double-crossed and becomes caught up in a contraband forcing him to overcome an opponent far more lethal and deadlier than he has ever met.
IMDB Rating: 3.5
IMDB Votes: 376
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 89 min
Plot tags: exciting, serious, suspenseful, tense, captivating, crime drama, realistic
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Sakra (2023)
Plot Summary:
Qiao Feng is the respected leader of a roving band of martial artists. After he is wrongfully accused of murder and subsequently exiled, Qiao Feng goes on the run in search of answers about his own mysterious origin story—and the unknown enemies working to destroy him from the shadows.
IMDB Rating: 5.7
IMDB Votes: 2000
Genere: Action, Adventure
Country: Hong Kong, China
Duration: 130 min
Plot tags: costume drama, historical drama
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Shadow Master (2022)
Plot Summary:
After being slain by a group of criminals, a man is reborn with animal-like superpowers and makes it his mission to right the wrongs of his city.
IMDB Rating: 3.8
IMDB Votes: 810
Genere: Action
Country: USA
Duration: 90 min
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